AN ANALYSIS OF SELF-CONCEPT IN MIDDLE ADOLESCENTS

Self-concept, self-esteem and identity are constructs that psychologists find useful in understanding people's development and behavior. The term self-concept is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about, evaluates or perceives themselves. In other words the self-concept is the picture one has of himself/herself.Analysis of self-concept in adolescence is important for its predictive capacity of various behaviours in different contexts of life, family, social, school. The present study is an attempt to analyse the self-concept of adolescence with respect to its dimensions viz.Contentment and worthiness, Attractiveness, approval by others, Determinism and significance, Confidence and value of existence and Resilience.Descriptive survey method was adopted for the study and a sample of 100 (72 females and 28 males) middle adolescent age group students were selected by simple random technique. The Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ) designed and standardized by Robson was used as the research tool. The comparison and analysis of the datawas done using SPSS Version 25.The findings revealed a significant difference among the male and female adolescents with respect to overall self-concept and Determinism and significance, Confidence and value of existence dimensions of self- concept. Female mid-adolescents students were found to have a high self-concept as compared to male mid-adolescent students.